The Mainspring
1916•50m•Released
Drama
Finding himself penniless, Lawrence Ashmore, whose late father was ruined on the stock exchange, obtains a position as a reporter. Ashmore is assigned to investigate the reported fatal illness of Jesse Craven, one of Wall Street's financial monarchs.
Director
Jack Conway
Writer
William Parker
Studio
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Cast
Ben F. Wilson
Lawrence Ashmore / Larry Craven
Francelia Billington
Jesse Craven
Wilbur Higby
Richard Creelman
Henry Holland
Edith Craven
Clyde Benson
William Ramsdale
Raymond Whittaker
Shackleton
Marc Robbins
Israel Farnum
Thomas Jefferson
James Sharp
Ed Brady
Jerviss
Mary Maurice
Bernice
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